Coffee-steeper.



JQ STEINBERG; COFFEE STEEPER. APPLIoAvTI'oN FILED'DEU. za, 1907.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

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' `Applicatidn filed December 23, 1907. SeriaLNo. 407,810.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

To all whom 'it mag/concern. i v if V Be it knownthatl, JCOB'STEINBERG,a cltizen ofthe United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in' CoHee-Steepers, of which the beverage by remaining init.A

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts forming a coee steeper hereinafter more fully described andparticularly set forth in the claims, reference being had to the accom-Vpanying drawings in which,

igure 1 represents Vin vertical section, a coffeepot and my stee erwithin it. Fig. 2 shows a top view of tlie'steeper and Fig: 3 shows atop view of thev bottom shield and gallery. f This coffee steeper canbev used for stee ing tea, herbs etc., but to avoid proliXity lpdescribeit under the common title as above given. e

Numerall represents a coffeepot and 2 my steeper which com rises abodygin two parts 3 and 4, one "of `w `ch telescopes upon the other; acup 5, which iits snugly yet remov-l` body 4, has also depending hooks13, to pass through slots18, in the bottomS, and turn under to engagethe shield 7, and hold it removably attached to the body. The shieldV islar er in diameter than the body 4,"forming a ga eryy 14,ar1ound it. `Astiff wire 15, crosses entirely through thecup 5, and has oppositelybent ends 16, to engage ears 17, on the body 3, by revolving the cup alittle.

This wire serves as av handle to'be engagedby any suitable lifter forremoving the steeper from the boiler when hot. Y i

The operation is as follows. OpenV the coifee holder by separating theportions 3 and` 4, or by taking out the cup 5; put in a charge of coffeeand replace the parts. Set

boiler, taking pains to shut together the telescoping ortions 3, 4,until the steeper will stand ful yimmersed in the Vdesired amount ofwater( Then when heat from the bottom of the boiler enters the* waterexpansion causes that water to rise to the top and ilow over into thecup 5. The bottom 8, of the shield protects the coee holder bottom 10,from contact with the hottest water so that the interior of the steeperis heated only by the downward return current passing ,through it and itcannot be made boiling hot under usual conditions of service. The waterpasses down through the charge of coee, through the bottom 10, outthrough openings 12 and up through the gallery 14, where the surroundingupward current of heated water mingles with it and carries it over intothe top of the steeper again. This continuous circulation of hot waterthrough and through the coffee soon extracts all of its virtue, yet itdoes not heat the coee to such a degree as to embitter the beverage. Theshield bottom 8,

vbeing located above the bottom of the boiler permits free contact ofthe water with the whole surface of the boiler bottom, thusutilizingallthe heat thereof, and it directs the heated water to passout at its sides to increase the surrounding upward current. Thissteeper may be used in any kind of coeepot, urn, or boiler suitable forsuch purposes. It may be used for steeping common tea, herb tea, or anysimilar extract.

The bottoms 6 and 10 may be perforated sheet metal, or wire cloth or anysuitable straining material. This` steeper may be made and `sold asadetachable portion of coeepots, urns, boilers etc., or it may be put onthe market as an article of manufacture adapted for use with boilers ofany kind already in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI believe to be new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is the following:

1.. In coffee steepers, a coffeepot or boiler and a coffee holder to beplaced within it the said holder comprising two portions fitted totelescope together; a cup iitting into the upper portion and having aVperforated bottom; a perforated bottom in the lower por-tion locatedabove the lower edge thereof; openings through the sides of the',

lower portion below the said bottom thereof a shie d greater in diameterthan the body p andforming a gallery around it and removthe `steeper onend into the coHeepo-t or ably secured to it; this shield having animperforate bottom and provided with legs to stand on the bottom of thecoifeepot.

2. In coli'ee steepers, a coffee holder ada ted to be placed in a boilerand having a pe orated bottom located above its lower edge and openingsthrough the sides below the said bottom; a cup located in the saidholder and having a erforated bottom which is the top of the older; ashield located below and around the holder at some distance from thesides thereof, forming a gallery around it and removably attached to itthe shield having legs ada ted to hold it raised from contact With theoiler.

3. In coffee steepers, a coffee holder having a perforated bottomlocated above its lower edge and openings through the sides below thebottom, and a removable perforated top; and a shield having legs and animperforate bottom attached to the lower end of the coffee holder andforming an open gallery around it, substantially as shown and described.

In testimonyT whereof I affix my signature, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JACOB STEINBERG. Witnesses:

E. E. FULMER, CHARLES B. ANDRES;

